Bree Smith
Bree Smith is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in 2D oil painting, along with mixed media collages and murals. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and began her Dallas-based professional art practice in 2015. Her mediums vary, but her work is rooted in biographical storytelling, inviting viewers to explore the intersection of imagination and reality through her blending of futurism with pop surrealism. Through striking figurative compositions and vivid color palettes, Bree explores themes of idealism and identity through the concept of the optimistic unknown.
Bree’s work has been featured in various publications including Create! Magazine, I Like Your Work, Women United Art Magazine, and was featured as the cover artist for her alma mater’s fine arts publication, The Baylorian, in 2024. Bree has exhibited across the United States, including the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center Gallery in Nebraska, Paradigm Gallery in Philadelphia, and numerous galleries across Texas. In 2024, Bree was shortlisted for the international Women United Art Prize for Painting and Drawing.
Artist Statement
In my Emergence series, I explore the tension between my inner reality and the external world through the visual metaphor of high-fashion astronauts. The figures, obscured and protected from external effects by their opulent detailed suits, are symbols of both isolation and transformation, and exist outside of time and space. Their helmets obscure identity and emotion, inviting viewers to consider what we hide within ourselves.
Through Emergence, I invite viewers into a personal and whimsical space where imagination and introspection converge. Inspired by science fiction ideas and the enduring core of human nature, my work examines the timeless patterns of behavior and connection that persist across generations. I use a saturated color palette to evoke hope and whimsy, echoing my idealistic view of the future. Each piece is created without using paintbrushes, but instead by using oil paint applied only with my fingers, mixing colors directly on the canvas, bringing the childlike joy of expression into my creative process.
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